confiscations
Forcible property removals
Confiscations are acts of seizing property by authority, typically by a government or institution.
The word usually implies taking without compensation, often as a penalty or during wartime: confiscations of rebel property, airport confiscations of prohibited items.
The term carries overtones of power exercised unilaterally.
Forcible taking or convulsion
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- impoundmentOfficial seizure or detention
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
attachment · garnishment · distraint · replevin · warrant · court order · injunction · judgment
Formal order for supplies
- commandeerSeize for official purposes
- plunderGoods seized violently
- spoilsSeized war gains
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
nationalization · colonization · wartime · occupation · reparations · looting · pillage · trophy
Penalty for an offense
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- fineAcceptable in quality
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
reparation · damages · levy · assessment · deterrent · consequence · retribution · censure
Owned items of value
- goodsThings for sale
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
weapons · vehicles · cash · accounts · real estate · inventory · merchandise · cargo
Authority over a state
- stateCondition or mode
- policeCivil law enforcement
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- border patrolBoundary enforcement agency
officials · agents · powers · jurisdiction · sovereign · regulatory · administrative · wartime
seizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- impoundmentOfficial seizure or detention
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
requisition · attachment · garnishment · distraint · replevin · warrant · court order · injunction · judgment · prosecution
requisition
Formal order for supplies
- commandeerSeize for official purposes
- plunderGoods seized violently
- spoilsSeized war gains
annexation · nationalization · colonization · wartime · occupation · reparations · looting · pillage · trophy · booty
punishment
Penalty for an offense
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- fineAcceptable in quality
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
restitution · reparation · damages · levy · assessment · deterrent · consequence · retribution · censure · reprisal
assets
Owned items of value
- goodsThings for sale
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
narcotics · weapons · vehicles · cash · accounts · real estate · inventory · merchandise · cargo · shipment
government
Authority over a state
border patrol · officials · agents · powers · jurisdiction · sovereign · regulatory · administrative · wartime · martial law
- Inquisitioninquisition, heretic, inquisitors, heretics, heresy trial
confiscationsrestorations
Acts of renewing condition
returns · restitutions · reparations · disbursements · rebates
confiscationsdonations
Gifts to organizations
gifts · contributions · offerings · bequests · grants
confiscationsprotections
Measures preventing harm
guarantees · entitlements · safeguards · property rights · legal protections
- phone confiscationTemporary taking of mobile
- passport confiscationTaking someone's travel papers
- property confiscationLegal seizure of belongings